PAUL Robinson hopes Albion’s training break in Spain will have the same effect as the club’s trip to Disney Land four years ago.

The Baggies made the most of their free weekend by jetting out yesterday for a four-day trip in the hope it will help the club’s survival prospects.

Albion, then managed by Bryan Robson, were further adrift when they went to the USA in 2004/05 and seemingly destined for relegation.

But that trip was pivotal towards survival and was cited as a defining point in the club’s fortunes during their Great Escape campaign.

Albion returned and took 17 points from their remaining 12 games to stay up. A similar run, from their last 13 fixtures, would give them a fighting chance of survival this time.

Robinson, one of only three survivors from that season, hopes this year’s break will produce a similar end product.

“That training camp ended up having the desired effect – it did us a lot of good,” said the club’s vice-captain.

“A change of scenery can only help – get away from England, work hard. We did it when we went to America, where we worked hard but also had our time off where we went to theme parks and it got everyone together and we really bonded. A different country, a different environment will help. It was a positive thing for us because it had the desired effect.

“We came back and we went on a run which kept us up.

“We had no distractions in so much that the lads did everything together, we sorted things out between ourselves and we came back stronger. We can do that and stick together.” Albion took a pounding from Newcastle last weekend but their most recent away game was a hard-working 2-2 draw against Hull, where they twice fought back despite playing relatively poorly for most of the game.

Robinson feels the same spirit will be needed in their next two games, both away, at Fulham and Everton.

“We have to take that attitude into the Fulham and Everton games,” he added.

“We know Fulham are on a good run but we’ve got to go there and be positive. We can’t give them any respect. We know we can give them a good game.”